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Artist:Ohara Koson (signed Hoson)Title:Carp Jumping at BeeDate:1931, published by Kawaguchi and Sakai, with Kawaguchi and Sakai "C" and "D" sealsSize:full oban, approx. 10.25" x 15.5"Condition: VG, minor toning from folio, otherwise no flaws, uncirculated print, never framedImpression: Fine, solid key lines, nice surface texture, tight registrationColor: Fine, deep saturated color and bleed through to versoDocumentation: Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson 1877-1945, page 203, illustration H39.1Provenance:from the estate of Robert O. Muller About Ohara Koson (1877-1945)
Koson,
who
also went by the art names of Shoson and Hoson, began his career in the
studio of Suzuki Kason where he painted flora and fauna scenes
from
1895-1902, and gradually became known as a nihon-ga painter in the kacho-ga (nature print) genre. During the Russo-Japanese war Koson produced senso-e
(war prints), but the vast majority of his early prints (1900 -1912)
were nature prints designed for the North American and European markets
for the publishers Kokkeido and Daikokuya. These prints were all signed
"Koson". Between 1912-1926 Koson returned to painting, but using the
name Shoson, he continued to design woodblock prints, this time in
collaboration with Watanabe Shozaburo. Koson also produced a series of prints using the
name "Hoson” that were published by Kawaguchi between 1930-1931.While Koson's prints were always sold abroad, his ascendancy as the greatest Japanese kacho-e artist of the 20th century was assured by the success of the 1930 and
1936 Toledo Museum shin hanga exhibitions. More prints by Koson were sold during
these shows than any other artist, due to their artistic merit and relative price in comparison with of the works ofthe other shin hanga artsits. Koson’s career peaked in the
mid-1930's. His work is realistic, based mainly on his own sketches and
watercolors